India Successfully Tests Kusha Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile

[Thinking]

India insists that Operation Sindoor is an ongoing military campaign. The campaign may last till Kushas induction date in 2030.

Exciting time for Indian defense industry.

 

[El Sidd]

Exciting time for Indian defense industry.

It's exciting times for Indians and India. Largest democracy, biggest Middle class, mad mast state of patriotism and a two front war.

 

[NeptunesVortex]

Exciting time for Indian defense industry.

Need of the hour.

 

[nahtanbob]

what is the guidance for the missile here?

 

[Daiba]

India insists that Operation Sindoor is an ongoing military campaign. The campaign may last till Kushas induction date in 2030.

You want to see more war in that region? Isn't there enough war already?

 

[El Sidd]

You want to see more war in that region? Isn't there enough war already?

War is inevitable in that region. You can stop it all you want.

 

[Daiba]

War is inevitable in that region. You can stop it all you want.

Inevitable itself is not really inevitable. Just a way to express certainty when none exist.

 

[El Sidd]

Inevitable itself is not really inevitable. Just a way to express certainty when none exist.

Operation Sindoor is only paused. Hostilities can resume at any stage.

 

[indo17787]

what is the guidance for the missile here?

The flight-test validated the performance of the hybrid radio-frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) terminal seeker, along with the optical proximity fuze and pre-fragmented warhead. Kusha’s M2 and M3 variants integrate a dual active RF and imaging infrared (IIR) seeker, rendering passive counter-measures and radar chaff ineffective during terminal phase intercept. @Nimble

• Guidance suite: Combines inertial navigation (INS) with satellite-assisted mid-course datalink corrections, transitioning to an active dual-mode Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) millimetre-wave RF seeker and electro-optical/infrared (IR) seeker during the terminal phase.
• Project Kusha utilises state-of-the-art Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based AESA radars, providing superior clutter rejection, improved target resolution against low-RCS stealth threats (eg, Chengdu J-20 fighters), and high resistance to electronic jamming. https://www.firstpost.com/explainer...us-air-defence-missile-compares-14033645.html